Man With AR-15 Stops Man With Knife
The “intimidation factor” – the fact that the weapon is scary-looking – is also, unfortunately, part of the psychology involved in media distortions about so-called “assault rifles.” The phrase itself is misleading. An actual assault rifle is fully automatic, and such weapons have been strictly licensed by federal law for more than 80 years. What we are talking about are semi-automatic weapons, and I got my first semi-automatic rifle (a .22-caliber Winchester) for Christmas when I was 12 years old.

I just introduced the Second Amendment for Every Registrable Voter Act. HR 5112, The SAFER Voter Act, would repeal the federal law that prevents voting age adults, 18 to 20, from purchasing a handgun from a FFL.

The Much Vaunted National Health System strikes again:
“The conditions are so bad in U.K. hospitals that, in a letter to the nation’s government, 68 British emergency room physicians recently complained about patients “dying prematurely in corridors” as a result of overcrowding.”

Weapons: Ukraine Goes West For Sniper Rifles
adopted the UR-10 semi-automatic sniper rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO rounds. The UR-10 replaces elderly Soviet era Dragunov 7.62x54mm SVDs that first appeared in the early 1960s.

National

Oakland’s mayor just committed a felony by warning illegal aliens that ICE was coming
There was a time when this would have seemed remarkable, but since we’re talking about California in 2018 it’s probably par for the course. The Democratic Mayor of Oakland, California, Libby Schaaf, sent out a public warning this weekend which was supposedly designed to “protect the residents” of her city. Only this particular public service announcement wasn’t intended for all of Oakland’s residents. It was only applicable to the illegal aliens residing there.

Arrest made in letter attack on Trump Jr family
Seventeen days after Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law opened a letter that contained white powder and a threatening note, federal investigators have found their suspect. A Massachusetts man will go to court later today for the hoax attack aimed at Donald Trump Jr and which briefly sent his wife Vanessa to the hospital for precautionary tests. The substance turned out to be cornstarch, but that won’t matter much in a federal prosecution for mailing threats

Feminists Want to Ban Fairy Tales Because They Promote ‘Rape Culture’
A recent article on parenting site Romper puts forward the notion that fairy tales promote “rape culture.” The author, Dina Leygerman, uses five popular fairy tales to illuminate this (ridiculous) assertion, pointing out that sleeping women can’t give consent, beasts aren’t particularly nice people, and wolves are total stalkers. And Leygerman isn’t alone. An article in The Guardian last year suggested that “Sleeping Beauty” is about rape, and a Japanese professor made headlines recently by tweeting that “Snow White” and “Sleeping Beauty” promote “sexual assault on an unconscious person.”

College dropout refuses to leave her dorm room
She loves the college life – just not the classes. Hunter College is waging a court battle to evict a stubborn student who refuses to leave her dorm room some two years after dropping out.

Trump about to blow up China relations over Taiwan?
Thanks to a rare bit of legislation unanimously passed earlier this week in both the House and Senate (which received almost zero MSM attention), President Trump has a new bill on his desk awaiting his signature. It represents a subtle, but still inflammatory shift in our relationship with Taiwan. The measure immediately drew condemnation from China as one would expect, but word from inside the White House is that Trump is planning on signing it.

Segregation at Comic Con: No Straight, White Males Allowed at Parties
The comics industry seems to be doubling down on their policy of completely excluding anyone who is straight, white, male, or conservative. This year’s Emerald City Comic Con released its schedule of events on its app recently. Anyone who is male, white and identifies as heterosexual found himself excluded from industry mixers and professional mixers.

White Customers Asked To Pay More At New Orleans Restaurant
We now have more evidence (not that any was needed) that it is now okay in 2018 America to discriminate and be racist towards white people. After eight years of President Obama, the man who was elected to heal racial divides, we are now more racially divided than we have been in a long time.

Economy & Taxes

New Fed chair Jerome Powell sees little risk of a US. recession
Jerome Powell, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, made his debut public appearance Tuesday, where he told the House Financial Services Committee that he is committed to “clearly explaining” Fed thinking and that the U.S. economy is getting better. He said the recent stock market jitters don’t worry him and he reiterated the Fed intends to raise interest rates at a slow and steady pace – similar to its moves under his predecessor, Janet Yellen.

EU to UK on Brexit: All your Northern Ireland are belong to us
The precarious Brexit negotiations turned toxic over the last twenty-four hours, and the standoff between the UK and EU might threaten Theresa May’s coalition government. Yesterday, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator warned that unless the British government came up with a plan for a “frictionless border” between Northern Ireland and EU member Republican of Ireland, the EU would continue to control trade policy in the British province after Brexit.

Trudeau Budget Panders to Feminists with a ‘281-Page Social Engineering Blueprint’
My wife is Canadian, which means that I frequently hear complaints about Justin Trudeau, Canada’s clueless leader, from my in-laws. Once my in-laws (and every sane Canadian) read the details of Trudeau’s proposed budget, Donald Trump may need to build a wall on our northern border to prevent hordes of Canadians from entering our country. Not so much a budget as a progressive agenda, Justin Trudeau continues his goal of turning Canada into a progressive dystopian nightmare.

The speech from Cakeland: Did May thread the needle in Brexit address?
Facing a nearly impossible task of pleasing all of the constituencies at home, Ireland, and Europe, Theresa May delivered her third major address on Brexit yesterday – and managed to win at least grudging praise from most of the stakeholders. May stuck to her position for a full-speed-ahead approach to the May 2019 split but stepped back from what critics had called her “cake and eat it too” approach. May warned that the UK would not get everything it desired from Brexit and called on her own Conservative party to prepare itself for some compromises.

After five months, Merkel finally assembles a shaky coalition in Germany
It’s been almost half a year since Germans went to the polls and completely disrupted the old guard of politics in that country. The Christian Democrats party (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered losses across the board and also saw their former partners in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) split away from them. At the same time, Alternative for Germany (AfD) made major gains, largely based on growing opposition to Merkel’s open borders policy regarding primarily Muslim migrants entering the country. Since that time, Merkel has been unable to form a majority coalition and the nation has been effectively left without a fully formed government.

Opinion

New York’s Red Borough
Staten Island has long been an exception to the city’s liberal political culture and voting patterns.

Supreme Court Refuses To Reinstate DACA. That’s Actually A Political Win For Trump. Here’s Why.
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would not intervene to stay the lower court ruling temporarily blocking the implementation of President Trump’s termination of the Obama administration executive amnesty. Renewals of approximately 700,000 deportation waivers for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children would have ended on March 5. Now, under the continued Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, those waivers will remain available. The Supreme Court did request that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals “act expeditiously to decide this case.”

The Age of Majority Is a Mess
When is a person an “adult”? When are they deemed to be independent, responsible, their own master? Does anyone care, except when seeking a temporary political advantage? As I type, some Americans are trying to raise the age at which one may buy a rifle from 18 to 21 – usually on the grounds that one’s brain isn’t developed until one reaches 25. At the same time, many of the same people are arguing for lowering the voting age to 16 — and possibly younger. What’s the rationale? It is often glibly asserted that voting never hurt anyone. Does anyone familiar with history believe that to be remotely true?

Seven initiatives to watch that threaten California prosperity
Voters may face as many seven ballot measures damaging to California’s business and political climate in November. Any one of these measures should motivate millions in opposition spending by affected industries. More than a few are likely to qualify for the ballot.

What to Do about California’s Sanctuary Cities
California Democrats have continued their attempts to nullify federal immigration law. This week, Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf warned illegal aliens that ICE was planning an operation in the Bay Area. ICE acting director Tom Homan slammed Schaaf’s “reckless” comment, saying that it endangered officers and the public and helped hundreds of criminal aliens avoid arrest.

Warning College Boys: “You Could Be Expelled Even If She Consented”
In 2015, flyers began appearing on university campuses warning male students about the dangers of false accusations of sexual misconduct. Created by S.A.F.E. (Stop Abuse For Everyone), the flyer included a screencap of text messages cited as evidence in a lawsuit against Occidental College, which had expelled a male student despite texts clearly indicating that his accuser had consented to intercourse. (An Esquire article vividly described that 2013 incident.)